450 news organisations selected as recipients of Google News Equity Fund

450 news organisations from 52 countries will receive funding from this year’s Google News Equity Fund, according to a statement from Google.

The Google News Equity Fund is an initiative that aims to increase inclusiveness, empower a diverse news environment, and particularly help small and medium-sized publishers currently producing original content for underserved audiences worldwide.

Undeserved audiences or underrepresented groups are nondominant groups such as people of colour; people with disabilities; people from a lower socioeconomic status; people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered; people of a non-dominant religion; and retirees.

Google founded the Google News Equity Fund as a global commitment to provide financial support and opportunity to news organisations that serve underrepresented groups.

There are challenges to the traditional research paradigms, texts, and theories used to explain the experiences of these people in underrepresented groups. The Google News Equity Fund will help the media platforms prioritising telling their stories to do better.

The Google news equity fund application was completed in the middle of the year, and participants were picked based on particular requirements.

This year’s Google News Equity Fund recipients include for-profit or non-profit traditional news organisations, digital natives, newsletters, podcasts, radio and/or TV broadcasters and trade press associations whose members cover under-represented groups.

Funding amounts vary depending on the size of the newsroom and the number of eligible applications received.

Google specialists and reputable third-party organisations selected these recipients of the 2023 Google News Equity Fund.

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Eligibility requirements for the Google News Equity Fund

• Small and medium-sized news organisations focused on underserved audiences.
• Independent newsrooms that employ 1 to 50 journalists full-time.
• Traditional news organisations, whether for-profit or nonprofit, digital natives, newsletters, podcasts, radio and/or TV broadcasters, and trade press associations with members who cover underrepresented groups.
• Those who frequently publish journalistic content.
• Candidates must focus on core news coverage, not lifestyle or sports.
• Must have been fully operational for at least a year and have a verified online presence (such as a website that predominantly offers journalistic content).
• Based in one of the eligible geographies.
• Government-owned or politically affiliated organisations are not eligible.

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Selected news organisations for the Google News Equity Fund

• *PS Media
• 101Reporters
• 15-38 Méditerranée
• 3HMONGTV – HBC Television
• Aadiwasi Janjagruti
• Åbo Underrättelser
• Acorda Cidade
• Africa Solutions Media Hub
• AfricaBrief
• Afro American Newspapers
• Agência Diadorim
• Agencia Mural De Jornalismo Das Periferias
• Agencia Presentes
• Agência Pública
• Agência Tatu
• Alharaca
• Alianza Metropolitan News
• Alma Preta Jornalismo
• Amal, Berlin! und Amal, Hamburg!
• Arizona Luminaria
• Ark Republic
• Atlanta Black Star
• Australian Chinese Daily
• Australian Rural & Regional News
• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIRN BiH)
• Baltimore Witness
• Bay Area Reporter
• Bay City News
• Behanbox.com
• Bengali Times
• Between The Lines
• BigIfTrue.org
• Black Ballad
• Black Catholic Messenger
• Black Girl in the CLE
• Black Iowa News
• Border Belt Independent
• Borderless Magazine
• Boston Korea
• BridgeDetroit
• Bultoo Radio
• Bush Radio
• ByBlacks.com
• Cabin Radio
• Canarsie Courier
• Cape York Weekly
• Capital & Main
• Časoris
• Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ)
• Center for Public Integrity
• Central Current
• Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
• CFWIJ Press Freedom Newsroom
• ChalChitra Abhiyaan
• Chatham News + Record
• Chicago Reader
• Cicero Independiente
• City Bureau
• City Limits News
• Coastal Plains Environmental Advocate
• Colorado Springs Independent
• Commutalk
• Connecticut Latino News
• Consonante
• Courtbouillon
• Cripple Media
• Criterio.hn
• Crusader Newspaper Group
• Cutral Co al Instante
• DAILYSUN NWE YORK
• Dallas Free Press
• Dallas Voice
• Daraj Media
• De Olho Nos Ruralistas
• Demerara Waves Online News
• Democratic Charkha
• Desenrola E Não Me Enrola
• DESIblitz Magazine
• Diarios Comunales
• Disability Scoop
• Document Women
• Documented
• Dublin Inquirer
• Dziennik Związkowy – Polish Daily News
• Eastern Eye
• Eastern Standard Times
• Eco Nordeste
• Economic Hardship Reporting Project
• Edición Cientonce
• Edilma Prada Céspedes
• Education in Atlanta, LLC
• El Ágora Digital
• El Grito del Sur
• El Paso Matters
• El Placer del Saber
• El Surtidor
• El Tiempo Latino
• El Toque
• Elevate Dayton
• Emerge Mag
• Enlace Latino NC
• Epicenter NYC
• Epicentro.TV
• Expoente do Iguaçu newspaper
• Feminacida
• Feminism in India
• Feminismos del Sur
• Five Wards Media | Newark News & Story Collaborative
• Flatwater Free Press
• FM Seoul Bang Song, Inc
• Focos TV
• Food For Mzansi
• Fort Frances Times
• Fort Worth Report
• Frame
• Frederiquense Association of Community Broadcasting
• Fresnoland
• Futuro Media Group
• Gaon Connection
• Gaon Savera
• Gay.it
• GayPress
• GCN (Gay Community News)
• Germantown Info Hub
• Gettysburg Connection
• GK Ecuador
• Greater Govanhill
• Greek Press
• GroundUp
• Guardiana
• Guiti News
• GulfHindi.com
• Hala Canada Media
• Háromszék napilap
• Hellas News
• Herne Katha
• Hong Kong Free Press
• Honolulu Civil Beat
• Houston Defender Network
• IDENERA.com
• Il Globo
• Illinois Latino News (ILLN)
• Immigrants Now
• Impacto Latino
• India Currents
• India West
• IndigiNews
• Indonesian Lantern
• inewsource
• InfoAmazonia
• Infoelles
• Integrados
• InTheBaltic
• InvestigateWest
• Ipar Euskal Herriko Hitza
• ISH News
• Jabarnews.com
• jibiko.com
• Jmais Jornalismo Digital
• Jornal A FOLHA Torres
• Jornal Ponto
• JournalRAGE
• KARAKAYA TALKS
• Khasokhas
• kilasjambi.com
• KirkukNow Media Outlet
• kohero Magazin
• Konde
• Konsentris.id
• Kult Media
• La Brava Magazine
• La Cadera de Eva (Eve’s Hip)
• La Cola de Rata
• La Converse
• La Esquina TX
• La Noticia
• La Prensa de Houston
• La Voz de Guanacaste
• La Voz Hispana de Connecticut
• Lado B
• Lakota Times
• Le Drenche
• Le Journal de Chambly Inc
• Leo Weekly, LLC
• Les Dreamers
• Little Saigon TV Network, Inc
• Lizard News
• Los Angeles Blade
• Lowcountry Panorama Newspaper
• Luce!
• Madison365
• Magdalene
• Main Bhi Bharat
• Main Media
• Making Contact / International Media Project
• Marco Zero Conteúdo
• Marcom Weekly
• Maré De Notícias
• Marietta Daily Journal
• matsda2sh
• Media in Toronto
• MedWatch.de
• Melting Pot Europa
• México Social
• Milwaukee Independent
• Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
• Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
• Minority Africa
• Missing Perspectives
• Mission Local
• Mississippi Free Press
• MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
• MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism
• Moguldom Nation/Moguldom.com
• Mojatu Magazine
• Mojo Story
• Mónica Palomino
• Montana Free Press
• Montana Senior News
• Mountain State Spotlight
• Mountain Top News
• Muna Kalati
• Mundo Latino Publications
• My Weekly
• NAJF Native Voice / RPI Roundtable Webinar Series
• National Indigenous Radio Service
• National Indigenous Times
• National Native News and Native America Calling
• Native News Online
• Nawaat
• Neos Kosmos
• Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network
• NepYork
• New African
• New Brunswick Today
• New Canadian Media
• New Pittsburgh Courier
• News Is Out
• News You Can Use / The Brandon Gonez Show
• Newslaundry
• NexoNorte
• Next City
• Nonada Jornalismo
• Northend Agent’s
• Nós, Mulheres da Periferia
• NRI Pulse
• Nuestro Estado
• O Eco
• Oakland Voices
• OjoPúblico
• On Our Radar
• OnlySky
• Onme News
• Osage News
• Osprey Observer Newspapers
• Out in St. Louis d/b/a Riverside Media
• Outlier Media
• Owner, BeeTV Network LLC
• Pacific Media Network
• Palabra
• Palawan News
• People’s Archive of Rural India
• Persian Mirror
• Philadelphia Gay News
• PinkNews
• Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
• Planet Detroit
• Planeta Venus Online
• Ponte Jornalismo
• PopLab
• Portal Catarinas
• Portal do Envelhecimento
• Portal Montanhas Capixabas
• Povertà Educativa
• Pressian
• Prism
• Prison Journalism Project
• Proclama del Cauca
• Project Multatuli
• Projeto #Colabora
• Proyecto Saltapatrás
• Public Square Amplified
• Publicitarias
• PublicSource
• Pulso Noticias
• Purwakarta Post
• PW Perspective
• Q Voice News
• QCity Metro
• Qnotes
• Qué digital
• Que Pasa
• Queer News
• Queerency
• Radio Ambulante & El hilo
• Radio Cité
• Radio Parleur
• Radio Progreso
• Range Media
• Raseef22
• RBE
• Record-Journal Latino Communities Reporting Lab
• Red/Acción
• Redattore Sociale
• ReligionUnplugged.com
• Reportar Sin Miedo
• Revista AzMina
• Revista Cítrica
• Revista Colibrí
• Revista Muy Waso
• Revista Nómadas
• Revista O Grito!
• Ricochet Media
• Rio Grande Guardian
• Riovale Jornal
• RiverheadLOCAL
• Rome News-Tribune
• RoyalTee Magazine
• Rupang
• SAARI Collective
• Saco Bay News
• Sahan Journal
• Saint Louis Argus
• San Quentin News
• Santa Cruz Local
• Sardinia Post
• Scalawag
• Scroll.in
• Searchlight New Mexico
• Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly
• Seen
• Sentiido
• Serendipia
• Shades of Rural India
• shado mag CIC
• Shasta Scout
• Shepherdess
• Shoresides
• SisaIN
• South Dakota News Watch
• South Seattle Emerald
• South Side Weekly
• Southeast Express
• Southerly
• Spheres of Influence
• Star Observer
• Storm Lake Times Pilot
• StreetPress
• Sul21
• Sun (Fiji) News Pte Limited
• Sun-Reporter
• Suno India
• Szabadság
• Talk Africa
• Tetovo info
• TG House
• The 19th
• The Appeal
• The Atlanta Objective
• The Atlanta Voice
• The Australian Jewish News
• The Baltimore Times
• The Beacon
• The Big Issue
• The Border Chronicle
• The Breach
• The Buckeye Flame
• The Canada Times
• The Canadian Jewish News
• The Chicago Defender
• The Community Voice
• The Cue
• The Current GA
• The Dallas Weekly
• The E’ville Eye Community News
• The Eastsider
• The Frontier Manipur
• The Green Line
• The Haitian Times
• The Imprint
• The Kansas City Defender
• The Korea Daily
• The Land
• The Lens
• The Local
• The Maryborough District Advertiser
• The Mendocino Voice
• The Michigan Chronicle
• The Mooknayak
• The NATIVE Magazine
• The New York Amsterdam News
• The News
• The News Beak
• The News Minute
• The Nome Nugget
• The Oglethorpe Echo
• The Oklahoma Eagle
• The Region
• The Resolve
• The Sacramento Observer
• The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper
• The San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol Newspaper
• The Sikkim Chronicle
• The South Asia Journal
• The St. Louis American
• The Times Weekly
• The Tributary
• The Vallejo Sun
• The Village Voice
• The Washington Informer
• The Weekly Challenger
• The Women’s Voices
• The Xylom
• TheBurg
• TNM – Todos Negros do Mundo
• todotexcoco.com
• TransLash Podcast
• Triad City Beat
• Tribal Business News
• Tribal News Network
• Tucson Sentinel
• Turkana Guardian
• Type Investigations
• Ujyaalo Radio Network
• Unbias the News
• Underscore News
• UrbanGeekz
• URL Media
• Vanguard News Group
• Virgin Islands Consortium
• Voice of OC
• Volcanicas Magazine
• Voz das Comunidades
• Wambra Medio Digital Comunitario
• Warragul and Drouin Gazette
• Washington Blade
• Watermark
• Wausau Pilot & Review
• Weekly Bangla Mail
• Windy City Times
• Winfo Santa Cruz
• WJFF Radio Catskill
• Woman & Economic news (SMEN)
• Women’s Agenda
• Word In Black
• WOW360
• Writers on the Range
• Wurd Radio
• Yerwa Express News
• Yorke Peninsula Country Times
• Yourradioplace.com
• YR Media
• ZoomHaitiNews

Some of the recipients of this year’s Google News Equity Fund tell the stories of Women, black people, homosexuals, uneducated people, people living with disabilities, and more. At least one major Nigerian platform, Vanguard News Group, is included in the list.

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